and genetic engineering. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHI 400: Metaphysics. A critical investigation of arguments concerning categorical concepts including time, space, modalities of existence, and causality. Prerequisite: PHI 200 or 210 or consent of instructor. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHI 490: Survey of Basic Mathematical Logic. A survey of sentential and quantificational language systems and their calculi. Includes proofs of functional completeness, meta-theorems, Goedel's proof, and elements of modal logic. Prerequisite: PHI 210 or one course above MAT 111. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHS 201: Physical Sciences I. An inquiry-based course based on federal and state education standards covering the basic principles of motion, optics, sound and vibration, motion in the heavens, and important environmental topics. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHS 202: Physical Science II . An inquiry-based course based on federal and state education standards covering the basic principles of electricity, electrical circuits, magnetism, heat and energy, Earth internal processes, the surface of the Earth, and important environmental topics. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHS 211: Earth and Environmental Science. An inquiry-based course covering topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Topics include internal and surface processes, the oceans, the atmosphere, and human interaction with the environment. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHS 221: Introduction to Weather Studies. This course discusses the causes of weather, the interactions between the atmosphere and the sun and the oceans. It also discusses weather instruments. Satellite and radar weather maps will be analyzed. Also discussed will be climate and climate change. This is a lecture/laboratory course that will meet about 5 hours per week. Prerequisite: either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
PHS 231: Introduction to Astronomy. This course is an inquiry-based introduction to astronomy including an understanding of the physical laws governing the Universe. Topics include optical instruments, laws governing astronomy, a detailed assessment of the solar system including current understanding of the formation and evolution of the solar system. Prerequisite: either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
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